Corset



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CORSET.'

APPLICATION EILD NOV. 19. 1919.

1,3845 137 Patented July 312, 192i..

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AUGUSTE J. LECO'TRE, 0F WGRCESTER, IVASSACHSETTS,

ASSGNOR '10 ROYAL WORCESTER CORSET COi/IEANY, OF i/VORCESTER, IVIASSLCEJSETTS, A CORPO- RATEN F LEASSACHUSETTS.

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Application led November 19, 1919.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that l, AUGUSTE d. Lnoournn, a citizen et France, residing at llloreester, in the county et llforcester and State ot Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useiful improvements in Corsets, of which the following is a. specification.

lily invention relates to corset steels, and more particularly to the clasp or fastening devices which attach the two trent corset steels together, and to that class ot' corsetsteels which have eyelct members attached to one steel, with an elongated opening therethrough enlarged at one end, and stud ineinbers attached to the other steel, with an enlarged head or upper end, which is adapted to pass through the venlarged opening in the eyelet member, and to pass over the sides or' the' reduced end or' the opening, to secure the two steels together.

The object of my invention is to improve upon the construction oii the eyelet members on corset steels, of the class above referred to, and my invention consists in certain novel features of construction o the eyelet members, combined with the stud members, which may be of the usual construction, or oi a modiiied construction.

in the ordinary construction of corset steels of the class referred to, the eyelct member' is a thin metal plate, which has a straight flat surface on' its top, or upper side, and also a straight flat suriiace on its lower, or under side, as shown in my U. il. Patent, No. 1,244,060. Said eyelet member is attached at one end to the corset steel by rivets, or other suitable means, and is free at its other end, with an elongated opening therethrough, enlarged at one end to receive the head or top of the stud member, and narrmver at its, other end to receive the shank, or reduced part oi' the stud. r)The stud member combined with the eyelet member, has ordinarily a straight cylindrical noch or stem, with an enlarged head or top, but said stud member may be oi' a different shape,vif preferred.

Each steel is covered with some textile fabric, and after it is inserted in the corset, it is covered by the material of which the corset is made. making in the ordinary construction of the corset, a thickness of two Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July i2, 1921.

Serial No. 339,139.

textile coverings on the front side, and on the back side of the steel, so that when the two steels are secured together, by reason ot the extension oit the eyelet members in a straight line from the attached end, over the iront the corset steel carrying the eye members, the inside edges oil the two parts ot the corset will not: extend in the same plane, but will be out ol' line with each other, one edge cil the corset extending beyond the other edge ot the corset.

in my improved construction ot the eyeletinembers a corset steel, which consists in making said members offset, intermediate thei att ched end, and the opening or slot through the free end, which will cause the i'ree end to extend outwardly in a plane outside the plane ot the attached end, l overcome the result above reterred to, ot having the contiguous edges oli the corset, which carry the steels, and extend in a plane out ot line with each other, and li cause the edges to abut against each other, and to extend in the same plane upon their inner side, all as will be hereinafter fully described.

Referring to the drawing l Figure 1 is a front View of two corset steels and detached parts of a corset, one ot the steels having eyelet members of my improved construction. ln the lower part ot the figure the steels are shown without any covering.

Fig. 2 is7 on an enlarged scale, a, cross section, on line 2, 2, Fig. v1, the section showing that portion of the fastening and asseciated parts immediately above the line 2 2 ci Fig. l, except that the stud is shown in elevation and not in section.

Fig. 3 corresponds to Fig. 2, but shows a modi ied construction of the eyelet mentl ber shown in Fig, 2, and the corset covering material is left 0E. y

Fig. t corresponds to Fig. 3, but shows a modified construction ot the stud niember.

Fig. 5 shows another modified construction oi3 the eyelet member.

Fig. 6 corresponds to 5, but shows a modified construction ot the stud member,

Fi Y shows another modified construction of the eyelet member.

Fig. 8 corresponds to Fig. 7, but shows a modified construction of the stud member.

Fig. 9 corresponds to Fig. 2, but shows the ordinary construction of the eyelet meinber, and the stud member, and one edge of the corset out of line with the other.

ln the accompanying drawing, 1 is a corset steel, having 'thereon thev eyelet members 2. Flach' eyelet member 2 is a metal plate, and has a fiat end, which is secured, preferably by two rivets 3, to the steel 1. The free end .of the eyelet member' 2 has an opening 2 therethrough, with the reduced opening 2, preferably v/'itlrstraight sides, leading out therefrom, in the usual way. The

eyelet member 2,l intermediate its attachedl end and the opening 2 has an outwardly eX- tending bend or offset 2 therein, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, which causes the free end of. the eyelet member to extend in a plane out of line with the attached end, and in a plane in front of or beyond the plane of the attached end.

vThe second corset steel 4 carries the stud members 5, which stud members, as shown in Fig. 2, have in this instance the cone shaped heads or upper ends,'with the inwardly inclined. sides, corresponding in yits construction tothe stud shown inV my U. Letters ljatent, No. 1,244,000, above referred to. Y

The stud. 5, in securing the two steels together, is adapted to pass through the enlargedll opening 2 inthe eyelet membe 2v` and: into the reduced. opening 2, in the usual` way.V Y

Each of the steels 1, and 4 are inclosed within the textile fabric G, in the usual way, as showny in Fig. 2, and after the steels, covered with the textile fabric, are inserted into the corset, they are covered by the material of which the corset is made, as shown at 7, in Fig. 2.

The covering of the steels in corsets as ordinarily made, comprises four, or more thicknesses of material.

in Fig. 8 of the drawing, 1s shown a modified construction of the eyelet member 2, shown in Fig. 2. The eyelet member has an outwardly convenedv or cam.. shaped surface 2CL on its upper side at its free end, corresponding to the construction shown in my U. S. Letters Patent, No. 1,037,492

ln Fig. 4 is shown` modified construction of the stud member 5, said stud member having the cylindrical stenrand the enlarged head of ordinary construction.

vlin, Fig. 5 is shown another'. modified construction of the eyelet member 2, in which the eyelet member has a cam shaped surface or incline 2 extending from itsV attached end, and a straight free end 2?.

In Fig. (l, the eye member 2d corresponds to the eyelet member 2" in Fig. 5, and the stud member 5 correspondsto the stud memherv shown in Fig. 4. A

ln'lFig. 7 is shown another modified` construction of the eyelet member. The eyelet member 2c has an outwardly curved or convex surface with a downwardly extending free end 2E.

In Fig. 8 the eyelet member 2f corresponds to the eyelet member 2o in Fig. 7 ,and the stud. member 5 corresponds to the stud member shown in Fig. 6.

ln Fig. 9 is shown the ordinary construetion of the eyelet member, combined with the stud member shown in Fig. 2, and corresponding to the construction shown in Fig. 2, to illustrate the overlapping of the two meeting edges of the corset, caused by the eyelet member being made straight, and eX- tending in the same plane on its lower, or inner surface from its attached end.

lt will be understood that the details of constructionV of my invention may be varied if desired.

Having thus described' my invention', what l Yclaim as new and desire to secure by Lets ters Fatent is:

1. lin a fastening for corsets and the like, an eyelet carrying-steel having keyhole slot eyelet members secured thereto, the portions of said eyelet members having the slots projecting laterally from said steel', astrid-carrying steel having stud members projecting therefrom, said stud members having heads, eyelet members having a bend or offset to bring said steels substantially into acom-` mon plane 'when said stud members Vare engaged in said eyelet members and. parts including a wedge-likesurface, said@ parts co- Y operating when the stud members and eyelets are being engaged to take-upk the slack between them, thereby to Vrestrain substantial tipping of said steels relative to each other and to tend to maintain said steels in a common plane with the adjacent edges' of the corset abutting. 2. In a fastening for corsets and'. the like, an eyelet steel having a keyholeY slot eyelet member secured thereto, the portion of said eyelet member having the keyhole'slot projecting laterally from said steel, fabric sur# rounding said eyelet steel', ai stud steel having a stud member projecting therefrom, said stud member having ahead, 'fabric surrounding said studV steel, said eyelet member and stud member shaped to provide opposing surfaces including one of wedge-like form which in thev movement of the parts to clasped position Vprovide for positioning of the fabric covered edges of said steels in alinement with each other and substantially preclude lost motion or play between stud and eyelet in ardirection Vaxial of the stud.

3. ln a. fastening for corsets andthe like, a. stud having a head and a base, said head Vtapering toward saidl base,l andV an'eyelet member providing. afkeyhole slot having an Y enlarged portion to admit said headof said stud, and a narrowed portion too narrow to permit passage of the head of said stud therethrough, said eyelet member of greater effective thickness adjacent the narrowed portion of said slot than adjacent the enlarged portion thereof.

4. ln combination With the busks of a corset or the like separable fastening means for Securing the busks thereof together, such means having engaging parts including a Wedge-like engaging surface, which parts 10 in the fastening operation decrease the clearance between the same and provide 1n engaged position for ahnenient of the corset edges.

AUGUSTE J. LECOUTRE. Witnesses:

JOHN C. DEWEY, MINNA I-IAAS. 

